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Obama Vows to Speed Building of Southern Part of Keystone Pipeline

Source: Politico | Nation | March 23, 2012



President Barack Obama announced the administration would “cut through the red tape” for the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline — disappointing environmentalists who had counted it a victory when the president denied a permit for the project’s full, Canada-to-Texas version. At the same time, Obama incited the ire of some political opponents who called his late embrace of TransCanada’s oil pipeline disingenuous.

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